Improved broom-head



D. P. FARNHAM.

Broom Head.

Paten ted July 30. 1867.

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DANIEL I. F-ARNIIAM, O F JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. Letters Patent No.67,180, dated July 30, 1867; antedated July 15, 1867.

IMPROVED BROOM-HEAD.

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TO ALL WHOM IT' MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL P.'FARNHAM, of Janesville, in the county ofRock, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improvedBi'oom-Head;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a broom as it appearswhen made with my broom-head or improvement.

Figure 2 is a side view as it appears when unfilled.

Figure 3, is a longitudinal section of same.

Figure 4 is an end view of the same, showing the clamps distended andready for the corn; and

Figure 5 is also an end view, showing the clamps contracted as whenembracing the corn.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of one or more pairs ofmetallic clamps, operated by screws, to compress and hold the corn in a.broom, when constructed and used substantially as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I attach in any secure manner to the lower end a of the broom-handle A ametallic cap-piece, B, constructed 'of the form shown, through the endof which pass the screws C-C, that secure and operate the elliptic clampD.

This clamp I prefer to make of spring wire, and in one piece. Inaddition to the clamp D, I use a second clamp, E, that is secured andoperated, like the first, by screws F, that work directly in the handleA. The clamp E is also elliptic in form, but I prefer, however, to makeit in two pieces, in the form of clevis-clamps G and G, hinged at c, asshown; or each of the clevis pieces, as G, may be made in two pieces,-0land e, hinged atf. To operate the clamp D, I generally employ two pairsof screws, as shown, while the clamp E requires only one pair. Thescrews of each pair have their threads playing into each other, as shownin fig. 3, thereby avoiding the difiicult necessity of providing astrong and suitable female screw either for the screws 0 C, in the thincap 13, or for the screws F in the soft wood of the handle A.

To use my device, it is only necessary to run out the screws so as toexpand the clamps, and then to closely fill them with corn trimming, andwinding the ends g, fig. 1, with cord, by hand or by machinery, in anyof the ordinary suitable methods. Then, by running in the screws so asto cause the clamps to firmly clasp the corn, the broom is ready foruse. I prefer to allow the last layer of corn to cover the upper clampE, as thereby the broom presents a much better and lighter appearance.

The object of winding and trimming the corn, as shown at g, fig. 1,being simply to give the broom a finished appearance, I sometimes omitthis portion of the process, and instead thereof cover the ends with oneof the sheet metallic caps in ordinary use for that purpose.

What I claim as new, and for which I desire Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-- 1. The combination and arrangement of the handle A, cap B,and the clamp D, secured to the cap and operated by the screws 0 G, thathave their threads working into each other, when the whole areconstructed, arranged, and used in connection with the process ofwinding or covering the ends f of the corn, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of the handle A, cap B, and clamps Dand E, operated by the screws C and F, when the whole are constructedand used substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL P. FARNHAM.

Witnesses:

S. D. Loon, G. H. WrLLtsrcz-z.

